Mr. Obama received a staggering 281,382 votes, over forty-five times that of the governor. Democrats won heavily in Detroit, though no Democrat who faced a Republican challenger received a higher percent of the vote than the President.

98%

When there were two democrats running for the same office, they received almost the exact same number of votes. Voters, however, always chose the one who appeared on the ballot first slightly more than the democrat who appeared next.

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Detroit. 82.7% African American. Major employers the auto industry. Per capita income $14,118. So black people, union workers, and poor people voted for Obama? You are linking to actual inner city Detroit, not it's metropolitan area where there are more well to do suburbs. It's not shocking at all. Is this a conspiracy theory blog now?

You focus on only one part of my argument, ignoring 2/3 of it. 82.7% black does not equal 98%. However when the per capita income of Detroit is $14,118 (super poor) and it also has a large union population, you start to see a city that I'm sure Romney didn't bother campaigning in.